Sakshi's father Pratap who drives an autorickshaw in Santacruz said that the accident shook the family and led to a lot of loss for his daughter academically.
A little less than a month after a bus stop roof collapsed on 15-year-old Sakshi Kanavje in Dadar, the teenager appeared for her first board paper on Tuesday. Sakshi, a student of Balmohan Vidya Mandir in Dadar was on her way to her Elphinston home after collecting her prelim results from the school on February 9 at 9:40 am. She was waiting for her bus at Veer Kotwal Udyan in Dadar west when the entire bus stop shelter, along with the metal poles supporting it, fell on her. Another middle aged man was also injured in the incident.
Sakshi was immediately rushed to Hinduja hospital where she was treated for the next ten days for multiple fractures. The doctors had advised her complete bedrest for the next few months. As a result of this, Sakshi was worried if she would be able to appear for her board exams less than a month away. However, after fighting all odds, Sakshi appeared for her Marathi paper on Tuesday and was given an extra hour by the board to write the paper.
"The paper went really well. I had studied since last year for the boards and had scored 86 per cent in my prelims. But a few days before the exam, the accident happened. I had seven fractures and had to lose a lot of my precious time as I could not sit. My back would often pain when I sat even for a little while. But I did not want to lose out on an entire year and was determined to appear for the exams," Sakshi said.
Sakshi's father Pratap who drives an autorickshaw in Santacruz said that the accident shook the family and led to a lot of loss for his daughter academically. "For no fault of hers, she has to live with this injury and the pain for the next few months. She is extremely bright in studies, but now was about to lose an entire year. Until a day before the exam, we tried convincing her to not stress herself to write the paper if she was not feeling well. But she was determined to appear for the exams, and we are supporting her in all ways possible," added her father Pratap. He said that neither the BMC nor the BEST has come to check on her since the accident. "The bus stop fell due to their negligence. Apart from paying the initial amount for hospitalisation, they have not done anything for her," he added.
Sakshi now sits for three hours only for writing the papers, but has to lie down with a belt on her shoulder and waist at all times.
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